Clothes washer



April 13,1926. 1,580,362 v B. C. BALDWIN I CLOTHES WASHER Filed Oct. 51, 1923 mmvrox 1 1 BurriaBaldwin' ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr; 13,

"see .IAIaDWIN, or. HOLLYWQOD,;OAIZIFORNIA.

CLOTHES WASHER.

' Application filed cto ber3l l923; se i rn i1671's22.

and useful Improvements "Clothes; lashers, of which the'ifollowingis a spec fication. I I v My invention 'relates' tofclothes washers andparticularly to what is known as vacuum v I 1 parallel spacing and bracing-"bars 9 to "the.

' sides of the tapered "casings 1.5," at "a considerable' distance 1from the bases of said clothes washers. f

The general 'objectof my invention to provide an improved yacuuin washer which will be simple "in construction, easy j'to manipulate and highly efiicient .in operation.

A more. particular object is to j. provide a vacuum washer with two washer unitswhich can be rocked and rotated, thus providing an easy washing movement for the washer and enabling said units to be applied to the clothes at, every point of the tub, whereby the clothes are easily, quickly and thoroughly washed. i V

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter and while I show herewith and will describe a preferred form of construction, I desire to be understood that I'do not limitmy invention to such preferred form but that various chan es and adaptations may be made the-rein -without departing from the spirit of my invention as hereinafter claimed. I 1

Referring to the drawing v Fig.1 is a plan view of my washer.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is abottom plan view of my washer;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of my washer taken on line t& of Fig. 1'. i

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of my washer mounted in a tub shown in vertical section, and showing the washer swung to the right into one of its washing positions.

My washer includes two washer units 1 and 2, a frame 3 on which said units are mounted, and a vertical handle 4-. Each unit 1 and 2 comprises a casing 5, which is elliptical in cross section and converges up- 'wardly, and a double elliptical member 6 mounted in the lower portion of said casing. The casing 5 has a flat horizontal wall 7. The frame 3 comprises snap er hurt; frontal bar;8, a lower horizontal bar, 9,} spaced below said upper bai and ,a tubular socket 1U ivhicliis', secured at its loweiten d t6 the bar 9 and, extends upwardly through the BURR G... BALDWIN,

' Therefore, it'is also' 'necessary upper bar and flanged over 'the' upper surface ofsaidl'bar at 11. T lielower' end of {the ihandle is fitted "in the socket fit). The end portions of the bar 8 rest upon and are secured .to the upper walls '7 .of

gs 5 ofisaidiunits, whereby said units: are

"mounted on the frame 3.

It .is' necessary to secure 'the' ends "ofthe casings 5, preferably about midway between bottom andz top thereof, to keep said ba'r 9 1out-'of.contactwit1 1 the clothes.

toplace said paii'allel'men1bers8 and'9 relatively close together thus increasing" the strain upon these memb'ers owing tothe short fulcrum the central portions of bars 8 and 9 braces said bars against the strain and makes it unnecessary to use a heavy cumbersome construction forth'is part of the appliance.

GO the units 1 and .2, while'the' ends of the bar I -9are secure'd*to the sidewalls ofthetas necessarily provided for the handle 4. The sleeve 10 not only forms a socket for handle 4 but by having its ends firmly secured to 1 Each member 6' comprises a pair of verti-f cal walls 12 and 13 and an upper wall 14, the walls 12 and 13 being elliptical in cross section and the wall 13 being spaced within the wall 12 parallel thereto, and the wall 14 converging downwardly and being secured at its outer and inner edges to the upper ends of the walls 12 and 13.

,The members 6 are secured to the inside of the casings 5 of the units 1 and 2 at the 'junctures of the walls 12 and walls 14 as at 15. Unnecessary cross-walls: or other uniting elements are thus dispensed with and the process of manufacture simplified by first making a washing elementhaving the general shape of. a double-walled contamer and then securmg'it 1n anmverted position, within the hollow washing unit inthe manner already described.

The upper walls 14 are provided wit-h perforations 16 and thewalls 12 are provided with openings 17 near the upper end thereof. The lower ends of the walls 12 and 13 lie in the same planeas the lower end of the casing 5. r The walls 12 and 13 prairie ellipticalvertical channel 18 .eiithe wall '12 and the seats 5,

elliptical vertical channel between tie' walls 12 and 13, and a vertical passage 20 extending from the bottom of the casing to a chamber 21 in the casing above the member 6. I

The channels 18 and 19 and the passage are open at the bottom. Openings 22 are provided in the casing 5 leading from the chamber 21 to the atmosphere.

In operation the washer is placed upon the clothes in the tub 23 with the lower open ends of the units 1 and 2 downward. By means of the handle 4: the washer is rocked as shown in Fig. 5 and rotated. The downward movement of each unit 1 and 2 forces water through the clothes up through channels 18 and 19 and passage 20, the water passing from channel 18 through openings 17 into the upper end of the channel 19 from which channel the water passes through openings 16 into chamber 21, while the water passes directly through the passage 20 into said chamber. Air escapes from the chamber 21 through the openings 22 to allow the water to enter said chamber. A vacuum is created when the unit moves downward, which gives the clothes a pulling action when the unit is moved upward, which action is very ellective in removing the dirt fl'OlIl the clothes.

The rotation of the washer enables.the units 1 and 2 to be applied to the clothes all the way around the tub.

I claim as my invention:

1. A hollow tapered washing unit comprising an outer shell within which in con tained an internal hollow member consisting of a pair of sleeves united at their upper or interval ends by a cross wall thus forming a washing element having the general shape of an inverted double-walledcontainer, the peripheral portion of the internal end of said double-walled member being secured directly to the inner surface of said tapered unit.

The combination, with the hollow tapered washing units, of a pair of parallel bars, one of said bars being secured to and aligning with the upper ends of said tapered units, and the other of said bars having its ends secured to said units approximately midway between their bases and tops, and

a bracing sleeve connecting the central porf tions of said parallel bars.

BURR c. BALDWEN. 

